Joe Biden Removes Red Button That Summoned Diet Cokes For Trump From Oval Office

January 21, 2021, 1:56 pm

Our newly sworn-in president has been busy during his first two days, signing over a dozen executive orders to reverse some of the worst policies put in place by his predecessor. He’s also done some redecorating of the Oval Office, replacing the curtains with a less gaudy gold version and reportedly removing a conspicuous red button from the Resolute desk.

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According to political commentator Tom Newton Dunn, that button was something Donald Trump installed so that whenever he pressed it, a butler would appear and serve him a Diet Coke on a literal silver platter.

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President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. When @ShippersUnbound and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. It’s gone now. pic.twitter.com/rFzhPaHYjk

— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) January 21, 2021

“President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,” tweeted Dunn. “When @ShippersUnbound and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. It’s gone now.”

One of the things Trump was well-known for, aside from instigating an attempted coup on his behalf, was his affinity for Diet Coke, often drinking 12 cans per day. Having a magic button always within reach to summon a butler with a silver platter is also very on-brand for him.

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The button was first noticed by the news media in April 2017, when reporters asked about it and whether it would drop a nuclear bomb if pressed. Trump seemed to relish in the discomfort this possibility created.

“Everyone does get a little nervous when I press that button,” he told The Financial Times’ Demetri Sevastopulo.

Photos of Biden signing the day-one executive orders hours after being sworn in show that the button was already gone. There has been no word on whether the butler still has a job, but many seem to be relieved that the Oval Office is now significantly less absurd.

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“The first bill the dems should pass is making sure no tax dollars can ever be spent again on buttons that summon diet cokes on a silver platter,” commented Joel Barkin, “dude really thought he was a monarch.”

would like to go on record as pro diet coke button

— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) January 21, 2021

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I would’ve paid so much money to get to be in the room for the conversation that I imagine went like:

BIDEN: ok what’s next

STAFFER: setting up the Oval. Photos are all done. Do you want to keep the Diet Coke button?

BIDEN:

STAFFER:

BIDEN: the what in god’s name button https://t.co/cDhkmqzjr5

— Emmy Bengtson (@EmmyA2) January 21, 2021

Overheard at Mar-a-Lago this morning: Get your own damn Diet Coke.

— Just Bill (@WilliamAder) January 21, 2021

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TRUMP’S LETTER TO BIDEN LEFT IN THE DESK: “Joe: The Red Button Is for BigMac and Fries; Yellow Button Is For Diet Coke; Blue Button turns on FOX; Black Button Launches the Nukes…or Maybe Black Is for Big Mac and Fries and Red Launches the Nukes.”

— Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) January 19, 2021

Diet Coke button?

There’s room under that resolute desk for a mini fridge so long as no little Kennedys are still hiding under there

— Jon Lovett (@jonlovett) January 21, 2021

Biden should’ve kept this but instead of summoning a Diet Coke the button would call a random Trump family member and make a sad trombone sound https://t.co/HONMR24PQN

— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 21, 2021

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this is not the change we voted for

if you elect me president in 2024, there will be a Diet Coke button in every home, and butler’s will show up every hour on the hour to force Diet Cokes into your hand whether you want one or not

I will drown this nation in aspartame https://t.co/240Ys6gwud

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) January 21, 2021

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*First Published: January 21, 2021, 1:56 pm